August 24, 2011, 1:26PM

Stephen Nodine's defense attorney today filed a motion to separate a perjury charge from a criminally negligent homicide charge handed down last week by a special grand jury. "No one can be responsible for anyone's suicide," Pascal Bruijn said. Full story »

August 05, 2011, 3:58PM

A motion filed by Stephen Nodine's attorney today suggests a former worker in the Baldwin County Coroner's Office might have tampered with evidence in the case -- an allegation the coroner denies. Full story »

April 29, 2011, 7:30AM

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- The defense attorney in Stephen Nodine's murder case has asked a judge to issue a ruling requiring that the forensics expert for Nodine be present during any future forensics examinations involving the death of Angel Downs. Attorney Pascal Bruijn made the request in a motion filed Tuesday in Baldwin County Circuit Court. A hearing has been set for May 18 before Circuit Judge Charles Partin. Bruijn said he asked the court to require that the defense expert be present at future examinations because the state has denied access to the specialist. Full story »

April 28, 2011, 11:21AM

The defense attorney in Stephen Nodine;s murder case has asked a judge to issue a ruling allowing a forensics expert for Nodine be present at any future forensics examinations in the death of Angel Downs. Full story »

April 08, 2011, 8:00AM

The defense attorney in Stephen Nodine's murder case on Thursday withdrew a motion to ease the conditions of his client's confinement. The decision came on the heels of a denial of a similar request filed by the lawyer in Nodine's federal gun case Full story »

March 31, 2011, 5:31PM

MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge here this afternoon wasted little time in turning down an attorney’s request to loosen the restrictions imposed on former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine following his arrest on a gun charge last year. Full story »

March 28, 2011, 4:43PM

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Stephen Nodine's attorney has asked for a hearing to determine what may have already been recovered from Angel Downs' cell phone and what damage has been done to the device. Full story »

March 22, 2011, 7:34PM

A Baldwin County judge today appointed Fairhope lawyer Pascal Bruijn take over the defense of former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine, who stands accused of murdering his mistress last year. Full story »

February 07, 2011, 7:24AM

BAY MINETTE -- A Foley man facing multiple charges, including robbery and kidnapping charges, agreed to a plea agreement Wednesday just as attorneys prepared to give closing statements to jurors. Felix Todderick Thompson, 24, of Foley was originally charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping, shooting into an occupied vehicle and second-degree assault stemming from an incident in Foley on April 22, 2006. Full story »

September 15, 2010, 9:02AM

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- A Baldwin County Circuit judge on Tuesday set a new date of Nov. 29 for the capital murder trial of Troy MacDonald. MacDonald, 45, of Daphne, is accused in the rape and killing of Brianna Parish two years agoin 2008. Full story »

April 08, 2010, 5:30AM

BAY MINETTE -- A Baldwin County jury took less than an hour to find a Foley man guilty of murder in the 2008 shooting of his wife in their home in front of their then-14-year-old son. The jury also found the David Harlan Mumford, 69, guilty of third-degree assault/domestic violence for choking his son after the shooting. Prosecutors said Mumford stormed into the home and shot Teresa Ann Welsh on Father's Day, June 15, 2008. The seven-man, five-woman jury deliberated about 45 minutes before returning the guilty verdict in Circuit Judge Charles C. Partin's court in Bay Minette on Wednesday. Full story »